The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-15
CITY NOTES.


in Jacksonville.
The beautiful weather this week is
making all our people happy. The fine
breeze makes life worth living.
Mr.. s. f. Timmons will beat the Court
House in Palatka, on June 81 and during
the remainder of the week for the pur-
pose of assessing taxes.
Mr.. R. s. Head, formerly the local
agent of the ST. Augustine and Palatka
Railway is now the soliciting agent of
that road, in which position he is doing
some good work.
The entertainment to be given at the
Opera House this evening by the Jack
sonville Home Minstrels should be
largely attended. The entertainment
will be a good one.
In the lot of Mr.. VIM. Ivers, on Lemon
street, there are several orange and
lemon trees i'm bloom at present, a state
of things very rare at this season of the
year. Mr.. Ivers cannot account for the
appearance of the blooms at this time,
as he never before saw these trees in
bloom in June.
BY reference to the advertisement of
Major j. l.. Burton it will be seen that
he has a number of desirable cottages to
rent at Summer Haven, as well as choice
lots for sale. This place is rapidly grow
ing In popular favor. and large num-
Der of people will spend the summe r
over there. For particulars write to the
major at the address given in the adver-
tisement.
The vacant lots just beyond Redwater
Branch and between Kirby and Emmett
streets, have been used for some time as
public dumping ground, and the citi-
zens out that way are bitterly pro-
testing thereat. The lots belong to Mr..
Burt. of St. Augustine, and he will no
doubt take steps to have his property
protected from such usage, as soon as
he is made aware of the facts.
The well known firm of j. F. Speck &
Son, jewellers, has been dissolved, as
will be seen by a notice published else
where. Capt. John F. Speck will in flu
ture conduct the business, and with his
long experience and large and well Sc
iected stock of goods. will do a good
business. He has a new advertisement
this morning, to which the readers at
tention is especially directed. He will
offer great bargains in the next ten days.
Great interest has been taken in Pa
latka military circles in the proposed en-
campment at st. Augustine which will
probably be held this summer. A St.
Augustine special to the Jackson
vile Ners-Herald says: ''Messrs. Gibbs
and Geneva, the committee appointed by
the Board of Trade of this city to wait
on the Governor and urge the claims of
st. Augustine as location for the State
encampment, returned last evening from
Tallahassee. They were kindly received
by the Governor, who stated that under
the probable length of time it will take
to reorganize the militia under the new
militia bill, he did not intend to order an
encampment this summer, but that he
would simply recommend that the en-
campment be held, and that st. Au-
gustine be the place selected"
What is young America coming to ?
Yesterday a young gentleman of some
prominence in social circles of Palatka
entered the Post Office with somewhat of
a languid stride and a decided sleepy
look in his eyes, causing an observer to
infer that he was at low state of ner-
hanStiAta 10 Il
for his turn at the stamp window, and
when finally it came he said TO the clerk
''Give me dollars worth of chips: I'm
in that Jack pot" The stamp clerk
asked him what he meant, when he said
Excuse me. / want Il two-cent stamp.
If the young man will explain what he
had been doing the night before he may
clear himself of misinterpretation OF
the above.